The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer. 1962 McGraw-Hill, first U.S. edition, 222 pages. The Guardian begins their obituary of Mortimer: "Penelope Mortimer, who has died of cancer aged 81, might not immediately be thought of as a feminist, but her nine novels all took up the cudgels on behalf of women - most notably The Pumpkin Eater. Published in l962, it was her fifth novel. With an exemplary spareness of prose, it tells the story of the emotional disintegration of a mother with numerous children, and of her husband's estrangement."
Condition: Jacket in good condition, wear and tears, book in good+ condition, lean to spine
"In time, they included my in this hate."
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer. 1962 McGraw-Hill, first U.S. edition, 222 pages. The Guardian begins their obituary of Mortimer: "Penelope Mortimer, who has died of cancer aged 81, might not immediately be thought of as a feminist, but her nine novels all took up the cudgels on behalf of women - most notably The Pumpkin Eater. Published in l962, it was her fifth novel. With an exemplary spareness of prose, it tells the story of the emotional disintegration of a mother with numerous children, and of her husband's estrangement."
Condition: Jacket in good condition, wear and tears, book in good+ condition, lean to spine
"In time, they included my in this hate."